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The awesome size of the USAF
Gripen:
--- Quote from: F-111 C/C on August 17, 2009, 03:35:21 PM ---The majority of those planes there landed 'Code 1' (no defects) and can be returned to active status within 72 hours as wartime spares if things got bad enough and attrition was high on front line aircraft. Most of the fighters are wrapped in white heat shrunken plastic wrap and are in operational condition.
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All the more reason they should give us one or two each.
AVIATOR:
309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group
Here is an aerial photo of the facility taken in 1992. Pity it wasn't in colour. It'd be pretty neat to know what all those planes are, but one further piece of information is that today it takes care of more than 4,400 aircraft, including 700 F-4 Phantom IIs, whose total original purchase price is estimated at $27 billion.
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Current Inventory: http://www.amarcexperience.com/AMARCDBAircraftTypesSummary.asp
F-111 C/C:
Strange to see 2 Tornados there ??? ???
AVIATOR:
Great addition to the post Niels and very interesting.
I was wondering just what a Grumman Mohawk was. Here it is.
The Grumman OV-1 Mohawk is an armed military observation and attack aircraft, designed for battlefield surveillance and light strike capabilities. It is of twin turboprop configuration, and carried two crew members with side by side seating. The Mohawk was intended to operate from short, unimproved runways in support of Army manoeuvrer forces.
General characteristics
* Crew: Two: pilot, observer
* Length: 41 ft 0 in (12.50 m)
* Wingspan: 48 ft 0 in (14.63 m)
* Height: 12 ft 8 in (3.86 m)
* Wing area: 360 ft² (33.4 m²)
* Empty weight: 11,760 lb (5,330 kg)
* Max takeoff weight: 18,110 lb (8,215 kg)
* Powerplant: 2× Lycoming T53-L-701[1] turboprops, 1,400 shp (1,044 kW) each
Performance
* Never exceed speed: 370 knots (425 mph)
* Maximum speed: 305 mph (490 km/h)
* Range: 945 mi (1,520 km)
* Service ceiling: 25,000 ft (7,620 m)
* Rate of climb: 3,450 ft/min (17.5 m/s)
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